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Vermont Real Estate

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty is a full service Burlington Vermont real estate company providing home buying or home selling services, Relocation services to or from Vermont, and rental assistance to tenants and landlords. Our Concierge Home Services program assists home sellers with preparing their property for sale and also provides our clients with access to a network of Vermont home service providers. We have a more than 55 educated and experienced Vermont real estate agents from which to choose, combining the strength of a prominent national organization, like Coldwell Banker, with the local expertise of a leading Vermont real estate company, Hickok & Boardman. If you want to buy a home in Vermont, sell a home we are large enough to meet your needs, yet small enough to provide the excellent, personalized real estate service you deserve.

It's Time to Prep Lawns and Gardens

Often homeowners consider their lawn and garden a source of pride and beauty. We often advise our home sellers or someone thinking about putting their property on the market about the importance of "curb appeal".  While maintaining your home's exterior to appeal to prospective buyers who may be driving by is important when you're selling your home - it also gives you a feeling of pride to come home to, even if you're not planning to move! 


As the warmer Vermont weather hits and the snow melts away, it's a great time to walk around your yard and think of ways to freshen things up.  Spend the afternoon raking up leaves or get the kids involved by helping you pick up sticks. If professional help is what you need, Vermont's own Vaughan Landscaping or Ace of Blades Property Maintenance can help keep your home's exterior aesthetically pleasing.

Five Tips on How to Maintain your Lawn and Garden


1. The best time to mow a lawn is when it is cool and dry. Wait for the morning dew to dry off, and before the afternoon heat takes hold. Alternatively, late afternoon or early evening following a watering in the morning is also a good time.
 
2. A hedge is a much better boundary divider than a fence. It will provide better privacy and keep pets and children in – or out. It will attract birds to its shelter, and provide a great backdrop for plants and flowers.
 
3. Bring the beauty of your garden to you; plant hyacinths near walkways and doors. Their magnificent perfume will swamp the spring air and make your garden really come alive.
 
4. Add your garden to non-garden items, such a lampposts and mail boxes. Surround these items with flowers planted to take advantage of the earliest to the latest flowerings. You could have white snowdrops, purple and gold crocus, blue hyacinths, and various colored tulips. You could also surround the posts with rocks to provide added interest.
 
5. Simple, but effective weed control can be achieved on your lawn by mowing often during spring. This will prevent dandelions spreading by eliminating the yellow blossoms and preventing seed formation. Mow high during late spring and early summer. This will allow grass blades to shade the ground, and will help prevent crabgrass from sprouting.
 
 

Add a Little Mulch to your Vermont Garden


Adding some mulch to your garden is a nice way to provide a clean, finished look - but there are also many benefits of adding mulch to your garden. Mulching your flower or vegetable garden provides insulation during the winter months and cools down soil in the summer months. Just the right amount of mulch may also help to prevent soil erosion. With that said, you can have too much of a good thing! According to Gardener's Supply there are mulching etiquette's to consider, including:
  • Not too close
  • Not too thick
  • Not too coarse

Just sure how much mulch is enough? Gardener's Supply provides a helpful chart to estimate just how much mulch you'll need. Estimate your mulch here.